Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes | PlayStation 3 | PS3

About the Game

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a third-person action game with a focus on stealth. Part of the long-running Metal Gear franchise, it is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and it takes place after Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker as a part of a sub-series or prequels in the main franchise set long before Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots . The most important change for this title is the shift to an open world design with a real-time day and night cycle doing away with the linear mission approach of previous games.

Story & Setting

The protagonist is Big Boss (Snake) and the game is set in 1975 after the events of Peace Walker .

Gameplay & Core Systems

The game offers the single objective to free them and the player determines the approach. To add to this freedom, helpful tools from previous titles, such as the Soliton radar map with the waypoints, have been removed. Snake can however mark enemies through his binoculars to keep track of movement. The mini-map has been replaced with a map accessed through a handheld iDroid device, but using it does not pause the game. There is no longer a camouflage system.

Standout Features

• Snake works with Militaires Sans Frontières and needs to infiltrate an American black site Camp Omega on Cuba where Cipher agent Paz and child soldier Chico, two returning characters from Peace Walker , are held.
• Adroid: The iDroid functions can also be accessed through an Adroid or iOS companion app on a real mobile device in conjunction with the game.
• It can be used to set waypoints, check mission information and listen to audio files.
• A flare can be used to call in a helicopter, for support or extraction, and different types of vehicles such as tanks, jeeps and trucks can be stolen and driven.
• Enemies have a line of sight and Snake can stay hidden through crouching.
• Next to the main mission Ground Zeroes, four additional side missions can be unlocked in the same location but set before the main mission.

Modes & Ways to Play

When Snake is observed directly or body is discovered, a different alert mode is triggered without an indicator.